United Nations

The U.N. Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook, produced this week by nearly 300 scientists from 83 countries, calls for a joint approach to climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and pollution, urging rapid transitions away from fossil fuels, sustainable agriculture, and major reductions in waste and pollution. The report warns emissions hit a new high in 2024 and projects warming could reach 2.4°C by 2100 without systemic change, noting over 1 million species face extinction and up to 40% of global land is degraded; the article also notes the U.S. government did not attend the U.N. Environment Assembly.